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CS Principles: Big Ideas in Programming

• Assignments

• 1. Chapter 1 - What is this Book About?
  • 1.1. This Book is for Students
    • 1.1.1. License
  • 1.2. Pretest
  • 1.3. Compute with Numbers
  • 1.4. Compute with Words
  • 1.5. Compute with Turtles
  • 1.6. Compute with Images
  • 1.7. Standards - Big Ideas
  • 1.8. Chapter 1 - Concept Summary
  • 1.9. Chapter 1 Exercises
• 2. Chapter 2 - What can Computers Do?
  • 2.1. What is a Computer?
  • 2.2. Turing Machines
  • 2.3. It’s All Bits
    • 2.3.1. Number Systems
    • 2.3.2. Bits and Bytes
  • 2.4. Computer Abilities
  • 2.5. Chapter 2 - Concept Summary
  • 2.6. Exam Questions for Chapters 1 and 2
• 3. Chapter 3 - Names for Numbers
  • 3.1. Assigning a Name
    • 3.1.1. Legal Variable Names
  • 3.2. Expressions
    • 3.2.1. Integer Division
    • 3.2.2. Modulo
  • 3.3. Summary of Expression Types
  • 3.4. How Expressions are Evaluated
  • 3.5. Driving from Chicago to Dallas
  • 3.6. Following the Ketchup Ooze
  • 3.7. Walking through Assignment more Generally
  • 3.8. Figuring out an Invoice
  • 3.9. Chapter 3 - Summary
  • 3.10. Chapter 3 Exercises
  • 3.11. Mixed Up Code Practice
• 4. Chapter 4 - Names for Strings
  • 4.1. Assign a Name to a String
    • 4.1.1. Concatenating (Appending) Strings
    • 4.1.2. Concatenating Strings and Numbers
  • 4.2. Strings are Objects
    • 4.2.1. Getting Part of a String
    • 4.2.2. Some Other String Functions
  • 4.3. Strings are Immutable
  • 4.4. Making a MadLib story
  • 4.5. Chapter 4 - Summary
    • 4.5.1. Summary of String Functions
  • 4.6. Chapter 4 Exercises
  • 4.7. Mixed Up Code Practice
  • 4.8. Exam Questions for Chapters 3 and 4
• 5. Chapter 5 - Names for Turtles
  • 5.1. Assign a Name to a Turtle
    • 5.1.1. What does a left turn of 90 mean?
  • 5.2. Procedures and Functions
  • 5.3. Practice with Turtles
  • 5.4. More Turtle Procedures and Functions
  • 5.5. Single and Multiple Turtles
  • 5.6. Bob Builds a House
  • 5.7. Changing Turtle Programs
  • 5.8. Chapter 5 - Summary
    • 5.8.1. Summary of Turtle Functions and Procedures
  • 5.9. Chapter 5 Exercises
  • 5.10. Mixed Up Code Practice
• 6. Chapter 6 - Computers can Name Anything
  • 6.1. Naming Everything
  • 6.2. Naming Procedures and Functions
  • 6.3. Naming Sets of Steps
    • 6.3.1. Defining a Function
  • 6.4. Naming Input
  • 6.5. Naming Sets of Procedures and Functions
  • 6.6. Using an Image Library
  • 6.7. Renaming Python’s Functions
  • 6.8. Chapter 6 - Summary
  • 6.9. Chapter 6 Exercises
  • 6.10. Exam Questions for Chapters 5 and 6
• 7. Chapter 7 - Computers can Repeat Steps
  • 7.1. Repeating Steps
  • 7.2. Repeating with Numbers
  • 7.3. What is a List?
    • 7.3.1. Using Better Variable Names
  • 7.4. The Range Function
  • 7.5. There’s a Pattern Here!
  • 7.6. Using the Accumulator Pattern
  • 7.7. Adding Print Statements
  • 7.8. Chapter 7 - Summary
    • 7.8.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 7.9. Chapter 7 Exercises
• 8. Chapter 8 - While and For Loops
  • 8.1. Loops - For and While
    • 8.1.1. Example For Loop
    • 8.1.2. Introducing the While Loop
  • 8.2. Infinite Loops
  • 8.3. Counting with a While Loop
    • 8.3.1. Side by Side Comparison of a For Loop and a While Loop
  • 8.4. Looping When We Don’t Know When We’ll Stop
  • 8.5. Nested For Loops
    • 8.5.1. How Many Times Does the Inner Loop Execute?
  • 8.6. Chapter 8 - Summary
    • 8.6.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 8.7. Chapter 8 Exercises
  • 8.8. Mixed Up Code Practice
  • 8.9. Exam Questions for Chapters 7 and 8
• 9. Chapter 9 - Repeating Steps with Strings
  • 9.1. Using Repetition with Strings
  • 9.2. Reversing Text
  • 9.3. Mirroring Text
  • 9.4. Modifying Text
  • 9.5. Chapter 9 - Summary
    • 9.5.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 9.6. Chapter 9 Exercises
• 10. Chapter 10 - Repeating Steps with Turtles
  • 10.1. Using Repetition with Turtles
  • 10.2. Teacher Note: Turtle Geometry
  • 10.3. Total Turtle Trip Theorem
  • 10.4. Making Patterns within Patterns
  • 10.5. The Turtle Stamp Procedure
  • 10.6. More Turtle Stamp Practice
  • 10.7. Chapter 10 - Summary
    • 10.7.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
    • 10.7.2. Summary of Turtle Functions and Procedures
  • 10.8. Chapter 10 Exercises
• 11. Chapter 11 - Repeating Steps with Images
  • 11.1. Using Repetition with Images
  • 11.2. A Library of Images
  • 11.3. Understanding Image Representation
  • 11.4. A Pattern for Image Processing
  • 11.5. Changing Step 5: Increasing and decreasing color values
  • 11.6. Changing Step 6: Changing where we put the colors
  • 11.7. Changing Step 3: Changing which data we use
  • 11.8. Chapter 11 - Summary
  • 11.9. Chapter 11 Exercises
  • 11.10. Exam Questions for Chapters 9 to 11
• 12. Chapter 12 - A Computer can Make Decisions
  • 12.1. Making Decisions
  • 12.2. The if Statement
  • 12.3. Using Multiple if statements
  • 12.4. Logical Expressions
  • 12.5. Complex Conditionals (and, or, and not)
  • 12.6. Practice with if
  • 12.7. Using if and else
  • 12.8. Chapter 12 - Summary
    • 12.8.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 12.9. Chapter 12 Exercises
• 13. Chapter 13 - Using Decisions with Strings
  • 13.1. Using Decisions with Strings
  • 13.2. Interactive Stories with Input
  • 13.3. Fortune Teller
  • 13.4. Using elif for more options
  • 13.5. Chapter 13 - Summary
    • 13.5.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 13.6. Chapter 13 Exercises
  • 13.7. Mixed Up Code Practice
  • 13.8. Exam Questions for Chapters 12 and 13
• 14. Chapter 14 - Using Decisions with Turtles
  • 14.1. Turtle Functions and Procedures
  • 14.2. Using Decisions with Turtles
  • 14.3. Detecting Odd and Even
  • 14.4. Using Random Numbers
  • 14.5. Avoiding Collisions
  • 14.6. Chapter 14 - Summary
    • 14.6.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 14.7. Chapter 14 Exercises
• 15. Chapter 15 - Using Decisions with Images
  • 15.1. Using Decisions with Images
  • 15.2. Combining Pictures
  • 15.3. If and Else with Images
  • 15.4. Multiple If’s with Images
  • 15.5. Chapter 15 - Concept Summary
    • 15.5.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 15.6. Chapter 15 Exercises
  • 15.7. Exam Questions for Chapters 14 and 15
• 16. Chapter 16 - Working with Collections
  • 16.1. Working with Collections of Data
  • 16.2. Working with Strings
  • 16.3. Working with Lists
  • 16.4. Working with Indexes
  • 16.5. Reversing a List
  • 16.6. Vary the Change Amount in Range
  • 16.7. Using a Negative Change Value with Range
  • 16.8. For Each Item Loop
  • 16.9. Rainfall Problem
  • 16.10. Chapter 16 - Concept Summary
    • 16.10.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 16.11. Mixed Up Code Practice
  • 16.12. Chapter 16 Exercises
• 17. Chapter 17 - Getting pieces out of strings and lists
  • 17.1. Breaking Strings into Pieces
  • 17.2. Making MadLib Stories, Easier
  • 17.3. Using the Split Function
  • 17.4. Out of Range Error
  • 17.5. Creating a Procedure with Parameters
  • 17.6. Creating parts of strings
  • 17.7. Chapter 17 - Concept Summary
    • 17.7.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 17.8. Chapter 17 Exercises
  • 17.9. Exam Questions for Chapters 16 and 17
  • 17.10. Mixed Up Code Practice
• 18. Chapter 18 - Working with Data on the Web
  • 18.1. Web Data
  • 18.2. Our first data set: Air pollution in the United States
  • 18.3. Reading the data
  • 18.4. What’s the largest pollution values?
  • 18.5. What’s the lowest PM 2.5 pollution?
  • 18.6. What’s the average PM 2.5 pollution?
  • 18.7. Most Populated and Least Populated States
    • 18.7.1. Do bigger or richer states have more pollution?
  • 18.8. Finding the Pollution for a State
  • 18.9. Chapter 18 - Concept Summary
    • 18.9.1. Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • 18.10. Chapter 18 Exercises
• 19. Chapter 19 - Computer Abilities Summary
  • 19.1. Computer Abilities
  • 19.2. Chapter 19 - Concept Summary
  • 19.3. Post Exam
• 20. Chapter 20: The Internet
  • 20.1. Introduction to the Internet
  • 20.2. The Internet is Many Computers
    • 20.2.1. Protocols and Standards
    • 20.2.2. Packets
    • 20.2.3. Systems Built on the Internet
    • 20.2.4. Summary
  • 20.3. Cybersecurity
    • 20.3.1. Types of Cyber Attacks
    • 20.3.2. Cybercrime
    • 20.3.3. Cryptography
    • 20.3.4. Cryptography Standards
• 21. Chapter 21 - Creativity
  • 21.1. Creativity
  • 21.2. Preparing for the AP CS Principles Exam
    • 21.2.1. The Create Task
  • 21.3. Deciding What to Program
  • 21.4. Project Examples
  • 21.5. Progress and Process Questions
  • 21.6. Programming in a Team
  • 21.7. Referencing Code
    • 21.7.1. Citing Code in Written Report
    • 21.7.2. Citing Code in the Source Code
• 22. Chapter 22 - Global Impact
  • 22.1. Global Impact
  • 22.2. Exploring Impact Data
  • 22.3. Preparing for the AP CS Principles Exam
    • 22.3.1. The Explore Task
  • 22.4. Deciding on an Innovation
  • 22.5. Choosing a Topic
  • 22.6. Writing an Outline
  • 22.7. Presenting your Innovation
    • 22.7.1. Writing about your Innovation
    • 22.7.2. Creating a Visual Artifact
  • 22.8. Creating your project
• 23. Chapter 23 - What’s Next?
  • 23.1. What’s Next
    • 23.1.1. Downloading and Installing Python Instructions
    • 23.1.2. Outside Resources
    • 23.1.3. Python Libraries
    • 23.1.4. Small Scale Projects
    • 23.1.5. Application And Beyond
• 24. Chapter 24 - PRACTICE EXAMS
  • 24.1. AP CS Principles Exam Format
  • 24.2. Set #1
  • 24.3. Set #2
  • 24.4. Set #3
  • 24.5. Set #4
• 25. Chapter 25 - UNTIMED PRACTICE QUESTIONS
  • 25.1. Set #1
  • 25.2. Set #2
  • 25.3. Set #3
  • 25.4. Set #4

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